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From VPAP June Primary Election Results
See results from yesterday's primary elections, including Democratic nomination contests for lieutenant governor and attorney general, and both Republican and Democratic primaries for the House of Delegates and local offices.
Hashmi declares victory in race for lieutenant governor; Stoney has not conceded
State Sen. Ghazala Hashmi declared victory Tuesday night in the six-way Democratic primary race for Virginia's lieutenant governor nomination. Less than an hour later, the Democratic Party of Virginia congratulated Hashmi on her victory. The Associated Press says the race is still too close to call, however, and former Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney, who is right behind Hashmi, has not conceded. As of 12:45 a.m. Wednesday, the Virginia Department of Elections results page has Hashmi in the lead by roughly 4,000 votes.
Jones edges Taylor in Democratic attorney general primary
In a nail-biter Democratic primary Tuesday, Jay Jones narrowly defeated Henrico Commonwealth’s Attorney Shannon Taylor in the race for attorney general, setting up a November showdown with Republican incumbent Jason Miyares. According to unofficial results from the Virginia Department of Elections, Jones won 51% of the vote to Taylor’s 49%. Jones, a former state delegate from Norfolk and one-time candidate for attorney general in 2021, returns to statewide politics with a renewed focus on consumer protection, corporate accountability, and civil rights.
5 takeaways from Virginia’s primary election results
The political spotlight this year is on Virginia, which kicked off its statewide election cycle on Tuesday as voters around the state cast their ballots in primary races that determine this fall’s closely-watched battle for the top posts in Richmond. ... “The old saying that all politics is local doesn't really apply in Virginia in 2025,” said Stephen Farnsworth, a political scientist at the University of Mary Washington. “Even though Donald Trump's name is not on the ballot, the president will be at the center of these conversations.” He added that the primary appeared to be largely determined by suburban women and Black voters in the Hampton Roads region ...
Candidates face sprint to nomination in special election for Connolly’s seat
Candidates in the Virginia special election to succeed the late Democratic Rep. Gerald E. Connolly are facing a sprint, especially compared with their counterparts looking to fill other open House seats this year. While those running for a vacant seat in Arizona will have had months to campaign before their July primary, the Democrats who’ve announced bids to complete Connolly’s term have less than a month to officially campaign for their party’s nomination for Virginia’s 11th District ahead of a September special election.
With federal funding uncertain, Va. faces $8 million gap for attendance, teacher retention programs
Virginia could be on the hook for $8 million to cover two initiatives to address student attendance and teacher retention if the federal government denies the commonwealth’s appeals, House lawmakers learned on Monday. The Virginia Department of Education, along with 14 school divisions and the Department of Juvenile Justice, filed appeals after being informed that the deadline for spending all allocated funds was abruptly moved to March 28 of this year. The original deadline had been set for March 2026. VDOE’s two appeals focused on the state’s Attendance Data Dashboard, designed to combat chronic absenteeism, and Grow Your Own, a program to support teacher apprenticeship pipelines.
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EXECUTIVE BRANCH
Youngkin set to headline annual Iowa GOP dinner
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin is headed to Iowa. The term-limited Republican is set to headline the Republican Party of Iowa’s annual Lincoln Dinner on July 17 in Des Moines. The appearance will add to the speculation that Mr. Youngkin, a former businessman, is considering running for the 2028 GOP presidential nomination. Iowa has traditionally been the first stop on the Republican Party’s nomination calendar.
STATE ELECTIONS
Hashmi claims victory in Democratic primary
State Sen. Ghazala Hashmi, D-Chesterfield, is claiming victory in the tight Democratic contest for lieutenant governor, but former Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney says he wants to wait until all the votes are tallied. Hashmi, Stoney and state Sen. Aaron Rouse, D-Virginia Beach, were locked in a close three-way primary battle throughout Tuesday night. Three other Democrats trailed the field. With all 133 counties and cities reporting, Hashmi had 27.5% of the vote to 26.7% for Stoney and 26.2% for Rouse according to the State Department of Elections.
Hashmi declares victory in Democratic primary for Virginia lieutenant governor
State Sen. Ghazala Hashmi declared victory in the Democratic primary for Virginia lieutenant governor, leading the six-person race with 27.5% of the vote Tuesday night. The next closest candidates were former Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney, who had 26.7% of the vote, and state Sen. Aaron Rouse, who had 26.2% of the vote, with 96% of the votes counted. The Associated Press has not called the race.
State Sen. Ghazala Hashmi wins Democratic primary for lieutenant governor
State Sen. Ghazala Hashmi has won the Democratic primary for lieutenant governor, defeating five other candidates in the field. By 11 p.m. Tuesday, Hashmi had won 27.49% of the vote, according to the Virginia elections website. Hashmi was neck and neck for much of the night with fellow frontrunners Levar Stoney and Aaron Rouse, who won 26.65% and 26.16% of the vote, respectively. Hashmi released a statement to X, saying, in part, she is honored to stand alongside Democratic nominee for governor Abigail Spanberger and Jay Jones, who won the Democratic nomination for attorney general.
Hashmi, Jones join Spanberger on statewide Democratic ticket
The statewide Democratic ticket is set for the November election as state Sen. Ghazala Hashmi and former Del. Jay Jones won their primaries for lieutenant governor and attorney general Tuesday night. They will join former Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger, the Democratic nominee for governor, on the general election ticket. Hashmi, a Democrat from Chesterfield County, beat five opponents in a six-way primary for lieutenant governor on Tuesday. She is the first Muslim and first Indian-American nominated to statewide office in Virginia.
Jay Jones projected to win Va. Democratic nomination for attorney general
Former Norfolk delegate Jerrauld C. “Jay” Jones won the Democratic nomination for Virginia attorney general while the party’s choice for lieutenant governor was too close to call Tuesday night, according to election results projected by the Associated Press. The winners will join gubernatorial nominee Abigail Spanberger in pivotal fall elections that will be watched as an off-year referendum on President Donald Trump and on Virginia’s own ambitious Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R), who is term-limited out of office.
Jay Jones wins Democratic nomination for attorney general
Former Del. Jay Jones, D-Norfolk, clinched the Democratic nomination for attorney general on Tuesday, four years after losing a primary battle against then-Attorney General Mark Herring and then resigning his House of Delegates to attend to the birth of his first child. Jones, 36, who served in the House from 2018 to 2021, defeated Henrico County Commonwealth's Attorney Shannon Taylor, 57, by about 9,500 votes or 2 percentage points.
Jay Jones wins Democratic nomination for attorney general
Jay Jones emerged victorious in Tuesday’s primary election as the Democratic nominee for attorney general. He will face incumbent Republican Jason Miyares in November. With 95% of votes counted, The Associated Press called the race for Jones. Jones, an attorney who previously represented Norfolk in the Virginia House of Delegates, had 51% of the vote compared to Henrico Commonwealth’s Attorney Shannon Taylor, who had 49%.
Jay Jones wins Democratic AG nomination; gubernatorial candidates hold rallies
Former Norfolk Del. Jay Jones was ahead in preliminary results for the Democratic attorney general primary Tuesday night, according to a call by the Associated Press. While the Democratic race for lieutenant governor was too close to call based on preliminary results, state Sen. Ghazala Hashmi (D–Chesterfield) — holding a narrow lead over former Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney and state Sen. Aaron Rouse (D–Virginia Beach) — claimed victory. (All election results are unofficial until certified by the state.) Virginia’s gubernatorial nominees, who were not on primary ballots, made their opening arguments for the general election as the primaries drew to a close, promising affordability and differing versions of stability, casting their opponent as extreme, and laying out stark policy differences on cultural and economic issues.
In Virginia Democratic primary, Jay Jones wins AG nod, lieutenant governor race too close to call
Statewide races for lieutenant governor and attorney general in the Virginia Democratic primary were very tight, with just a few thousand votes separating the candidates. According to unofficial results, former Del. Jerrauld “Jay” Jones narrowly clinched the party’s nomination for lieutenant governor, with a 1% lead over Henrico Commonwealth’s Attorney Shannon Taylor. The Associated Press called the race just before 10 p.m. with an estimated 95% of the vote counted.
Richmond voters rebuke Stoney as Hashmi declares victory in Democratic lieutenant governor race
A Richmond-area politician appeared to win the lieutenant governor spot on Virginia’s statewide Democratic ticket in Tuesday’s elections. But it wasn’t former Mayor Levar Stoney. State Sen. Ghazala Hashmi, D-Chesterfield, declared victory Tuesday night after an unpredictable six-way primary to earn the right to run alongside gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spanberger in the fall. “Tonight we've made history yet again, not just by winning this primary, but by declaring with one voice that Virginia is not going to be bullied or broken or dragged backwards by the chaos that's unfolding in Washington,” Hashmi told her supporters at an election night party in Richmond’s Fan District.
Richmond voters do not want Stoney to be Virginia’s next lieutenant governor
The majority of Richmond voters do not want their former mayor to be Virginia’s next lieutenant governor, according to unofficial primary election results from the Virginia Department of Elections. On Tuesday, June 17, Virginia held primary elections to select the nominees for several consequential races. While the Republican nominees for the Commonwealth’s top three officials had already been chosen, the Democratic nominees for lieutenant governor and attorney general had not.
McQuinn to return to House; Dems line up November House challenges
Democrats on Tuesday all but completed their lineup for three Richmond-area races that are key to their hopes to expand their House of Delegates 51-49 majority, while Del. Delores McQuinn, D-Henrico, fended off a challenge from Henrico School Board member Alicia Atkins. Besides the three races where Democrats hope to unseat Republicans in the Richmond suburbs, Democrats also vied for the chance to flip a district in Suffolk and Chesapeake, while Republicans eyed Democratic seats in Prince William County and Virginia Beach.
Del. Hope wins House District 1 Democratic primary
There were two local races on the ballot — for a County Board seat and for the 1st District House of Delegates seat — and the incumbent candidate is well ahead in both. ... Del. Patrick Hope, meanwhile, appears well on his way to returning to Richmond, with 72% of the vote in the three-way House of Delegates race. Challengers Arjoon Srikanth and Sean Phillip Epstein have 19% and 9% of the vote, respectively.
Greg Gorham wins GOP primary in western Prince William House of Delegates race
Gregory Lee Gorham, of Sudley Springs, has handily won today’s primary for the Republican nomination in the race for the 21st District House of Delegates seat, defeating the two other candidates with more than 66% of the vote. With all 17 precincts in the western Prince William County district reporting, Gorham, 65, won 970 votes. Sahar Smith, 57, of Catharpin, came in a distant second place with 395 votes, and Xanthe Larsen came in third with 95 votes, according to still unofficial results from the Virginia Department of Elections. Gorham will face incumbent Del. Josh Thomas, a Democrat, in the November election. Thomas is vying for his second term in the seat.
Dougherty wins Democratic nod in House District 75 race
A former Democratic nominee will get another shot at trying to unseat a Republican House of Delegates incumbent, ... In the 75th House District, Lindsey Dougherty won a three-way primary to oppose Republican incumbent Carrie Coyner. The two women faced off in 2019 with Coyner coming out on top with 55% of the vote.
House District 70 Republican primary: Cynthia Scaturico wins nomination
Cynthia Scaturico took home the Republican nomination in the House District 70 race Tuesday night, and will go on to face incumbent Democrat Del. Shelly Simonds in the November election. As of 9:27 p.m. with 62% ballots counted, Scaturico amassed more than 74% of the ballots cast, according to the Associated Press, which called the race for her. Opponent Hailey Dollar garnered roughly 26% of the vote.
House District 97 primary winner: Tim Anderson
A former state delegate has clinched victory in the Republican primary race for Virginia House District 97. Tim Anderson is leading with 93.3% of the vote, and as of 8:15 p.m., was called the winner by the Associated Press. Anderson, 50, an attorney, faced political newcomer Christina Felder, 28, a substitute school teacher. He wants to substantially lower the car tax that residents pay each year, and instead use Virginia’s budget surplus to reimburse localities for the lost revenue.
Hamilton defeats Jackson in 62nd House District Republican primary
Business owner Karen Hamilton bested Clay Jackson, a farmer and former Madison County supervisor, in the race for the Republican nomination in the House of Delegates' 62 District Tuesday. The Republican-friendly 62nd District includes Greene, Madison and parts of Culpeper and Orange counties. With all precincts reporting, Hamilton claimed over 58% of the vote to Jackson's nearly 42% (2,125 votes to 1,525). 551 early votes were outstanding around 9:15 p.m., according to the Virginia Public Access Project.
House races: Austin victorious over primary challenger in HD 37 and other Southwest, Southside races
The table is set for November in Southwest and Southside Virginia after Tuesday’s primary elections determined the ballot for the general election in five House of Delegates races. Del. Terry Austin, R-Botetourt County, beat his primary challenger. In the Roanoke Valley, Democrat Donna Littlepage will go on to face Republican Del. Joe McNamara. In a district that spans Grayson, Pulaski, Smyth and Wythe counties, Mitchell Cornett outpaced Adam Tolbert in the Republican primary race for Del. Jed Arnold’s seat. And in Danville, Dr. Gary Miller, a Democrat, and Madison Whittle, a Republican, will face off in November for the seat currently held by Del. Danny Marshall’s, after Miller eked out a victory over Jasmine Lipscomb in the closest contest out of any of the House primary races across the state.
Carnegie, Lamonea win House District 89 primaries
Democrat Karen “Kacey” Carnegie will face Republican Mike Lamonea in the November House District 89 race, after both candidates won their party’s respective primaries Tuesday. Carnegie beat Blaizen Buckshot Bloom with more than 76% of the vote when the Associated Press called the race Tuesday night. Carnegie had 2,706 votes as of 8:51 p.m., and Bloom had 848 votes. Lamonea beat Kristen Shannon with 65% of the vote when the Associated Press called the race at 9:17 p.m. Lamonea had 2,168 votes compared to Shannon’s 1,000 votes.
Primary election results from Roanoke and New River valleys
Donna Littlepage claimed the Democratic nomination after a primary election in House District 40, according to unofficial results Tuesday night. Littlepage led by more than 1,000 votes over fellow Democrat Kiesha Preston. The district covers Salem, part of Roanoke County and three precincts in Roanoke City. ... To the north, incumbent Del. Terry Austin, R-Botetourt, commanded the vote against his first primary election challenger of his six-term tenure representing House District 37, according to unofficial results. He took 81% of the vote versus political newcomer Austen Schwend in Lexington ...
Earle-Sears offers GOP vision following Dem primary
Lt. Governor Winsome Earle-Sears spoke before a revved-up crowd at the Hippodrome in downtown Richmond Tuesday night. The candidate for governor aims to keep Virginia’s executive branch red, taking over for Republican Glenn Youngkin who is term limited. Earle-Sears opened her stump speech with some Youngkin-led wins, including a lab school program, keeping Virginia one of the best states for business and billions in tax breaks.
In 2025 Virginia governor's race, Democrat Abigail Spanberger makes appeal based on her bio
Democrat Abigail Spanberger is emphasizing her life and career as she aims to become the next governor of Virginia at a time when her national party is searching for answers on how to win over voters after an election cycle filled with setbacks. The Spanberger campaign's new advertisement for the general election, first reported by CBS News, shows her reflecting on the various kinds of hallways she's walked through, starting with her education at Virginia's J.R. Tucker High School, before quickly pivoting to the CIA, where she was a case officer, and then to the Capitol, where she was a bipartisan-minded U.S. House representative.
These centrist women on a group chat are leading Democrats in 2025
They jumped into politics in President Donald Trump’s first term. They ascended to Congress with similar resumes. They text all the time in a group chat. Now Abigail Spanberger, Mikie Sherrill and Elissa Slotkin are all playing leading roles for the Democratic Party — a trio of centrist women with national security backgrounds who helped retake the House in 2018 and this year hope to steer their beleaguered party back toward winning. Spanberger, 45, had already clinched the Democratic nomination for governor of Virginia heading into Tuesday’s primaries. She and 53-year-old Sherrill, the nominee in New Jersey, will lead Democrats on the ballot in the marquee races of 2025, testing the party’s ability to rebuild in Trump’s second term.
Virginia will elect its first female governor this fall. Neither candidate is talking much about it
This fall’s gubernatorial race in Virginia will make history no matter who wins: Either Democrat Abigail Spanberger or Republican Winsome Earle-Sears will become the state’s first elected female governor. For now, that seems to be an afterthought. Spanberger and Earle-Sears, who are each unopposed in Tuesday’s primaries ahead of a November matchup, have little apparent appetite to dwell on gender. Both of their campaigns would rather focus on Virginians’ concerns about tariffs and federal job cuts, as well as how the next governor can make the state more affordable.
CONGRESS
Even members of Congress have no clear idea of unemployment related to Trump cuts
How many Northern Virginia residents have lost their jobs as part of federal cutbacks and their ripple effects on the economy? Nobody seems to know for sure — including members of the U.S. Senate. “We’re still trying to get the right numbers,” Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) told the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments’ (COG) board of directors at a meeting last Wednesday (June 11). Warner said the best figure he could come up with was 168,000 Virginia federal workers and contractors facing unemployment, but he quickly acknowledged that number came from an online source. “Do not take that as gospel,” he said.
Healthcare, education and immigration highlighted in Senator Warner's Staunton town hall
U.S. Senator Mark Warner stopped in Staunton on June 13. Warner called a town hall to hear the concerns of Shenandoah Valley business leaders amid the current news cycle. The discussion centered on the budget bill working through Washington D.C. “I have huge concerns on the big bill, I will not call it beautiful,” Warner said, referring to President Donald Trump’s name for the bill ...
ECONOMY/BUSINESS
Medallia expands corporate office in Tysons, creates 100 new jobs
Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) announced Tuesday that Medallia is investing $2 million to expand its operations in its Tysons office space. The new project will bring 100 new jobs to the area. Medallia is a customer service and employee management company that provides software-as-a-service solutions to help organizations gather feedback from customers and employees in real-time.
Chatham session gathers input on environmental impacts of Southgate pipeline
Federal regulators hosted a community input session Monday evening on the environmental impacts of Mountain Valley Pipeline’s amended Southgate project. In February, the pipeline sought to amend the project to construct a shorter route that starts in Chatham and goes into North Carolina. The tweaked version shortens what was a 75-mile extension of the Mountain Valley Pipeline to only 31 miles.
Sierra Club’s Virginia chapter says data center growth is unsustainable
In a new report, the Sierra Club Virginia Chapter said business as usual on data centers is unsustainable. Lead author and researcher Ann Bennett used publicly available data on existing facilities, as well as those under construction or proposed to be built. She said that wasn’t an easy task because data was not available for all facilities due to a lack of transparency from developers and state and local governments. The Sierra Club’s estimate of total data center square footage either built or in the development pipeline is roughly 390,000,000 square feet, split among 1,295 facilities.
TRANSPORTATION
HRBT to break through on latest tunnel, route vehicles onto new bridge this fall
The Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel expansion project will pass a pair of milestones this fall. Mary, a nickname for the 430-foot-long machine boring the two new eastbound tunnels, is on track to make its second breakthrough in September. The machine completed boring the first tunnel last April and took more than five months to get turned around. The Virginia Department of Transportation also plans to route eastbound traffic onto a new section of the bridge. Drivers exiting the tunnel to Norfolk will be directed onto the structure by early September. The traffic shift will mark the end of the old eastbound roadway nearby, which will be torn down next, and what’s expected to be the final 18 months of the project.
HRBT’s 2nd tunnel nears completion as project remains on schedule, within budget
Since moving its completion date back significantly last spring, the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel Expansion Project has remained on schedule and its total budget has not changed. The project’s contractor, Hampton Roads Connector Partners, asked for an 18-month extension in March 2024, citing unforeseen cost and schedule effects. The project is still slated to reach substantial completion — the point when motorists will be able to use the new infrastructure — by February 2027 and final completion by August 2027, according to Ryan Banas, director of the expansion project.
HIGHER EDUCATION
UVa board elects new — and historic — rector and vice rector
For the first time in history, the University of Virginia's governing Board of Visitors will be headed by a woman rector and vice rector. Rachel Sheridan, a partner at the Washington, D.C.-based law firm of Kirkland & Ellis, has been elected rector, ... Porter Wilkinson, another lawyer and chief of staff to the Smithsonian Institution’s Board of Regents, has been elected vice rector. ... Sheridan and Wilkinson, both UVa alumni, were appointed by Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin, Sheridan in 2023 and Wilkinson in 2024. Sheridan donated $25,000 to Youngkin's 2021 campaign for governor, according to the Virginia Public Access Project ... Wilkinson is not recorded to have donated to Youngkin's campaign, according to the same records, but she has strong family connections to the Republican Party.
LOCAL
Loudoun County sheriff slams Democratic lawmaker over ‘false’ claims about helping ICE
Loudoun County Sheriff Mike Chapman on Tuesday accused a Democratic county supervisor of making “false” claims about deputies helping federal immigration authorities round up illegal immigrants. “Supervisor [Juli] Briskman’s false reporting is a shameful attempt to divide our strong community and undermine law enforcement in one of the safest major counties in the nation,” Sheriff Chapman said. He was responding to Ms. Briskman’s claim that deputies had detained someone for Immigration and Customs Enforcement after the person called police for assistance following a car crash.
Loudoun County supervisor says 25 people have been taken from Sterling Immigration Court in past month
Loudoun County Supervisor Juli Briskman sharply criticized the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office for working with Immigration and Customs Enforcement in a press release as tensions rise nationwide. While 10 people were detained and arrested at Sterling Immigration Court last week, Briskman alleged that ICE agents confronted two more people who were watching. One person was "manhandled" outside of the building by plain clothes officers, according to a press release. The officers also pushed away the other person's phone, she wrote.
Chesterfield would restrict data center development under latest zoning update proposal
Chesterfield officials are now eyeing new restrictions on data center development as part of an in-progress zoning ordinance overhaul. If approved, data centers would be strictly a conditional use in Chesterfield. Currently, data centers can be built by-right in some zoning districts, meaning that they don’t require a review by the Board of Supervisors to be built under those areas’ current zoning. By making data center development a conditional use, all such projects everywhere in Chesterfield would need case-by-case zoning approval by county supervisors moving forward.
Norfolk Commonwealth’s Attorney’s race: Fatehi holds off strong challenge from Butler
Incumbent Ramin Fatehi held off a spirited and well-backed challenge from former federal prosecutor John Butler to win a second term as the city’s top prosecutor. Late Tuesday night, Fatehi had a decisive lead over Butler, with 52% of the vote in the Democratic Primary. Butler called Fatehi shortly before 10 p.m. to concede. Because there are no Republicans, Independents or other party members in the race, the winner of Tuesday’s primary became the city’s next commonwealth’s attorney.
Norfolk Mayor Alexander will not seek re-election
Norfolk Mayor Kenny Alexander will not seek re-election as he takes on a leadership role at Virginia Community College System, according to a release. Although the release says Mayor Alexander will not seek re-election, it does not specify whether or not he plans to finish his current term. He just won re-election last November, and his current term runs until December of 2028. He will take on his new job at VCCS on July 10.
Key panel endorses ban on secluding Virginia Beach students
Following allegations about the mistreatment of an 11-year-old autistic student, a special education advisory panel is recommending Virginia Beach public schools ban the controversial practice of seclusion. The Virginia Beach Special Education Advisory Committee, which includes parents of children with special needs, is scheduled to formally request the change during a June 24 school board meeting. “We do make recommendations, but none as consequential as this one, none as big as this one,” Meghan Ashburn, the committee chairperson, told VCIJ at WHRO, “and none that has the potential to make such a big impact as this one.”
Virginia Beach approves filling of borrow-pit despite residents’ concerns
In a 9-0 vote Tuesday, the City Council approved a permit modification that will allow the city to fill a human-made lake with dredged material. ... The Department of Public Works plans to dump dredged material from navigation channels and stormwater projects into the lake. The approval came after nearly a dozen people including neighboring residents spoke against the plan citing concerns about water contamination, flooding and impact on wildlife.
Chesapeake City Council rejects data center proposal
Chesapeake’s City Council received a rare standing ovation from a packed chamber Tuesday night after it voted unanimously to reject a proposed data center. “It was like Christmas again,” said Helen Messer, who lives in one of the houses that sits a few hundred feet from where the data center would have been. “I’ll sleep better than I have in a month.” The proposal from long-time Chesapeake developer Doug Fuller would have been the region’s first major data center. He pitched a 350,000-square-foot facility at the corner of Ethridge Manor and Centerville Turnpike, where Chesapeake’s Great Bridge suburbs give way to farmland, arguing it could be a huge financial windfall for the city and capitalize on new internet infrastructure the city is spending tens of millions on.
Library Supporters Win Key Warren County GOP Primary Races
Two candidates who have openly supported Samuels Public Library scored victories in Tuesday’s Republican primary in Warren County, setting the stage for potential changes in the county’s leadership. ... Both races have drawn close attention from voters and local leaders, as the future of Samuels Public Library has become a defining issue in county politics. While neither race will be finalized until the general election in November, Tuesday’s results send a strong message from Republican voters.
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COLUMNISTS
Yancey: 10 ways that this year’s primaries made history
Virginia voters made lots of history in Tuesday’s primary election, setting up a general election campaign with lots of “firsts.” For a long time, one writer after another has proclaimed a “New Dominion” in the “Old Dominion.” That is now quite apparent in Tuesday’s primary victories by Ghazala Hashmi and Jay Jones in the statewide Democratic primaries for lieutenant governor and attorney general, respectively. As the great political analyst William Shakespeare once said in a different context, “let me count the ways.” 1. Not a single straight white male will be on the statewide ballot this fall